A lady in distress: Inhibiting effects of friends and strangers on bystander intervention
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In the lady in distress experiment, in the first condition, 70% of the alone subjects intervened, with a strong drop to 7% when an inactive confederate was introduced.
“In the first condition, 70% of the alone subjects intervened, with a strong drop to 7% when an inactive confederate was introduced.”
From Pluralistic ignorance in the bystander effect: informational dynamics of unresponsive witnesses in situations calling for intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Latané and Rodin, 1969
With two naive subjects, 91% of groups would be expected to intervene if subjects acted independently, whereas only 40% of such groups in fact did so.
“With two naive subjects, 91% of groups would be expected to intervene if subjects acted independently, whereas only 40% of such groups in fact did so.”
From Pluralistic ignorance in the bystander effect: informational dynamics of unresponsive witnesses in situations calling for intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Latané and Rodin, 1969
In the lady in distress experiment, the accident is ambiguous between either a serious accident or a not-so-serious one.
“Contrary to the smoky room, this accident is ambiguous between either a serious accident (e.g.broken leg) or a not-so-serious one (weakly sprained ankle).”
From Pluralistic ignorance in the bystander effect: informational dynamics of unresponsive witnesses in situations calling for intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Latané and Rodin, 1969
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Group inhibition of bystander intervention in emergencies.
Latane, B., & Darley, J. M. (1968) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/h0026570 · Cited by 1,252 · see citing works
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- Authors
- Latané, B., & Rodin, J.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University (US)
- ORCID
- Rodin, Judith
- Venue
- Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1969-04
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 189-202
- ISSN
- 0022-1031 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2113974290
- Cited by
- 408
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 32
- FWCI
- 64.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychology of Social Influence
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Keywords
- bystander intervention, helping behavior, social inhibition, friends versus strangers, group size, social influence
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